Do I select a Licenced Conveyancer or Solicitor for conveyancing in Ardleigh Green?

There are two types of lawyers who can perform conveyancing in Ardleigh Green namely licenced conveyancers or solicitors. The two can handle conveyancing services that required to complete the sale or purchase of property. They are both duty bound to execute Ardleigh Green conveyancing on similar standards and guidelines so you can be sure that your conveyancing will be properly administered and that all requisite procedures should be appropriately adhered to.

Two weeks ago we had a mortgage agreed in principle with Santander. Ardleigh Green conveyancing lawyers were selected. How long does it take for Santander to send the offer to the lawyer?

There is no definitive answer here. Have Santander done the survey? Have you advised Santander as to your lawyers' details and checked that your lawyers are on the Santander conveyancing panel? Sometimes it can take as long as six weeks for a mortgage offer to be issued.

I was told four weeks ago that my mortgage has been agreed to by Skipton. Is it usual for Skipton to only issue the offer once my solicitor in Ardleigh Green is approved on their conveyancing panel? Skipton have asked my solicitor to see a copy of their Professional Indemnity Insurance Schedule.

Mortgage companies tend not to not issue a mortgage until they have details of a lawyer on their panel. It can take a few weeks for Skipton to deal with your lawyer's application to be on the Skipton conveyancing panel. There's no guarantee that your solicitor will be accepted.

I opted to have a survey completed on a house in Ardleigh Green ahead of appointing conveyancers. I have been advised that there is a flying freehold element to the property. The surveyor advised that some lenders may not issue a mortgage on such a home.

It depends who your proposed lender is. Bank of Scotland has different instructions for example to Nationwide. Should you wish to telephone us we can look into this further via the relevant bank. If you lender is happy to lend one our lawyers can help as they are accustomed to dealing with flying freeholds in Ardleigh Green. Conveyancing may be slightly more expensive based on your lender's requirements.

Taking into account that I am about to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on a terraced house in Ardleigh Green I wish to have a conversation with the solicitor regarding thehome move before giving the go ahead to the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

This is something that we encourage - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you speaking to the solicitor who will be conducting your conveyancing in Ardleigh Green.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important individual, not a file number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are calculated and presented to you for your conveyancing in Ardleigh Green should be the figure that you are charged.

Is it best to go with a Ardleigh Green conveyancing lawyer in close proximity to the house I am purchasing? I have an old university friend who can execute the conveyancing however her office is approximately 350miles drive away.

The benefit of a high street Ardleigh Green conveyancing firm is that you can pop in to execute paperwork, present your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. They will also have local intelligence which is a benefit. That being said nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have used your friend and in the main were happy that should surpass using an unknown Ardleigh Green conveyancing lawyer solely due to them being local.

I have recently realised that I have 72 years remaining on my lease in Ardleigh Green. I need to get lease extension but my freeholder is absent. What should I do?

If you meet the appropriate requirements, under the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 you can apply to the County Court for an order to dispense with the service of the initial notice. This will mean that your lease can be extended by the magistrate. You will be obliged to prove that you or your lawyers have done all that could be expected to find the landlord. On the whole an enquiry agent would be helpful to try and locate and to produce a report to be accepted by the court as proof that the landlord is indeed missing. It is advisable to get professional help from a property lawyer both on investigating the landlord’s disappearance and the vesting order request to the County Court covering Ardleigh Green.

After months of dialogue we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Ardleigh Green. Does the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal have jurisdiction to calculate the appropriate figures?

in cases where there is a absentee freeholder or where there is dispute about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the LVT to decide the amount due.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Ardleigh Green residence is 37 Lodge Court High Street in November 2013. the decision of the LVT was that the premium to be paid for the new lease was £25,559 This case was in relation to 1 flat. The remaining number of years on the lease was 57.5 years.